File:P. Oxy. I 29.jpg

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Papyrus is skin

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አማርኛ: የዩክሊድን ኢለመንት የተባለ መጽሐፍ የሚያሳይ ከልጥ (ፓፒሪ) የተጻፈ የጥንት መዝገብ
English: Oxyrhynchus papyrus (P.Oxy. I 29) showing fragment of Euclid's Elements
Español: Papiro de Oxirrinco (P.Oxy I 29) que muestra un fragmento de los Elementos de Euclides
Русский: Папирус из Оксиринха (P.Oxy. I 29) с фрагментами Начал Евклида
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Source http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/Euclid/papyrus/tha.jpg
Author Euclid
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This is "[o]ne of the oldest and most complete diagrams from Euclid's Elements of Geometry". It "is a fragment of papyrus of Oxyrhynchus in 1896-97 by the renowned expedition of B. P. Grenfell and A. S. Hunt. It is now located at the University of Pennsylvania. The diagram accompanies Proposition 5 of Book II of the Elements." -- Copied from http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/Euclid/papyrus/papyrus.html, where more information can be found.

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current06:04, 22 May 2022Thumbnail for version as of 06:04, 22 May 20221,694 × 1,032 (271 KB)Phreneticc (talk | contribs)Reduced "weight" of the file.
06:52, 9 October 2006Thumbnail for version as of 06:52, 9 October 20061,694 × 1,032 (320 KB)Jitse Niesen (talk | contribs){{Information |Description=Oxyrhynchus papyrus showing fragment of Euclid's Elements |Source=http://www.math.ubc.ca/~cass/Euclid/papyrus/tha.jpg |Date=AD 75-125 (estimated) |Author=unknown }}

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